{"id":1003,"date":"2026-03-27T10:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:12:56","slug":"zambias-2026-budget-projects-6-4-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Zambia\u2019s 2026 Budget Projects 6.4% Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post_title entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post_text_area\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1004\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-4.jpg 928w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-4-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-4-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Finance Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the 2026 National Budget to Parliament, outlining a K253.1 billion spending plan. The budget aims to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Grow the economy by 6.4%, driven by mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and ICT. \u2013 Reduce inflation to 6-8%. \u2013 Narrow the fiscal deficit to 2.1% of GDP. \u2013 Raise K206.5 billion in domestic revenue and K12.1 billion in grants. \u2013 Limit borrowing to 3.7% of GDP.<\/p>\n<p>The budget\u2019s theme is \u201cConsolidating Economic and Social Gains Towards a Prosperous, Resilient and Equitable Zambia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1005\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-1.jpg 928w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-1-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1006\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-2.jpg 928w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-2-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-2-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1007\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-5.jpg 928w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-5-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z_Bud-5-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictures By: Falcon News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the 2026 National Budget to Parliament, outlining a K253.1 billion spending plan. The budget aims to: \u2013 Grow the economy by 6.4%, driven by mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and ICT. \u2013 Reduce inflation to 6-8%. \u2013 Narrow the fiscal deficit to 2.1% of GDP. \u2013 Raise K206.5 billion in domestic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brussels\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}